Locking bar for drawer-holding sections of wardrobe trunks



Oct. 2511927.

' H. RAUCHBACH Locxnm BAR FOR DRAWER 30mm: SECTION OF WARDROBE TRUNKSFiled April 29, 1925 INVENTOR. zmrzlawflaab A TTORNEY S.

, Whichall the drawersofthe trunk section Patentedoct 25, v m I i1JJLOGKLING'LBAR non nnnwnngno mne'snqfim g OEJWARDROfiTRVI-I v qoLns ITso, A ooRronArIoiq 10FNEW JERSEY. f g;

Application mea April 2e, 1e25.-"seria1*1vd. 26,593.

. This *invention relates, "generallyy i'm-J provements in wardrobetrunks; andthe invention has reference, more particularly, to

in the drawersection of such a trunkj unauthorized opening. p

The invention has for its principal object to' provide' a simple,strongand "easily applied detachable locking bar for the drawer sectionof wardrobe trunks, by means of With the various objects of thisinvention in view the same consists primarily, in the novel constructionof detachable locking bar are securely {locked against openingor re forthe drawer section of'wardrobetrunksf able extension member 11, havingat its 'ophereinafter, setforth; and the invention icon sis't's,furthermorqin the novel arrangements andc'ombinations of the variousdevices and parts,ias'well asfin the details of the cont q' ti on"of'the same, all of which will be more fully described in the followingspecification, and; then V app nd l m The ,inven'tr n 1s clearlyillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which robe trunk" with itshinged body" members view tr the lo wer end of the locking bar 1 thedrawer section o'f the trunk "Figure" 1 is a'pe'rspe'ctive view ofaward;

shown iniopened position", and showing'the' drawer section equipped withthe novel lock ing bar ma'de according to and embodying thej'principlesofthis invention; Figure12 is asfragmentaryenlarg'ed face view offtheup-- pe'r end of thelOcking-bar in operative rela tion'to the upper endof the'drawer section of the trunk and Figure 3 isfafragrnentaryvertical 'longitudinal central section of 'the same; Figure lis' a rearface View ofth'eg upper end ofthe lockingbar detached from the trunk;Figure 5 isa detail transverse;

section, taken on' line 5 -55 in Figure 4; and uFigure Bis a fragmentaryenlarged face in operative; relation to the lower end of iISimilarj;charactersf of" reference are employed man of the hereinabove fdescribedviewsfto indicate corresponding parts."

Referring now to said drawings,. the refer ence character 7 indicatesthe garment holding section of a wardrobe trunk, and 8"the drawer ho'ldig section in which'areshdably disposed a plurality ofdrawers 9;providing" a vertical tier thereof, mounted to withdraw ally, embodiedin the; y

r 1 with longitudinally spaced'flaterally'f l t-1 'J'ect'mg stoplugs-13, and theupper extremityf .ment of said AQHJ bri v m' 'nsw:ERSEY; "Assam To attendantsoutwardly from the inner open side or fa'ce'ner common to such trunks} I of said section 81 Said-trunksectibnsare";-h1nged together along adjacent-vertical sides so as to close one uponthe other in the may I p I V. w The novel means for locking said drawers4 7 9 into the interior of the trunk section 8, to I S in a verticallydisposed detachhold the'same' both 'againstdacc-idental disj placementand against unauthorized *op'en able locking bar, with means toaffix-the same?" to the ftru'nk section in extension across the;outerfaces of the several drawers 9.

Said locking bar comprises afpreferably i metal1ic,-main bar-member 10;Connected in longitudinal I slidable relation to the upper end ofsaid'ma-in barsmemberlO isan adjust posite sides longitudinalguide-'fiangesfi,

which extend around or {embrace the; longi i tudmalmarginal portions ofsaid mainbar member 10. Ih e' rear side of said extension r member 11 1sprovided; 1n connection with? one or both ofsaid'guide'flanges12'thereoff Bo aof said Ina-in bar-member I0 is p'roVidedwithQa"1Wrarely Projecting -l e-le 'ii lug 14: by one or the othen" ofsaidqs'topf" direction;

lugs 13 willfiserve-to limit the sliding moveextension member 11 ineach"? v. v

j -I'"'; 9 Suitably aflixedfltothelower end-portion;

0f h d w r holding sectionSof the trunk islalrfl hor' plate 153 Saidanchor=plate ili3 is'dlspo'se'din horizontal plane, .and'ispro fi I v s'end portion having-a keeperfslot 16 of a? l length less than jthe widthof the lower end? vi'ded with" an outwardly. projectingffre ofsaid-1n'ain "bar-rne1nber 10.1; Said 'ma'inbar-member 10 is-'pr ovided,"adjacent to its "lower end with 1 an indented notch 17, Whic enterslaterally-from one" longitudinal-edge of said bar-'me'mber 10,.to-reducethe width 1} of the latter to" correspond substantially to the lengthofsaid-keeper slot 16. The lower extremity V of said, bar-member 10-,below-the position of said notch 17; is"round'ed atjithe commasindicated at '18 inFigure 6 f; the drawings. When the b r-member 10 isinoperative coupled engagementfwith saidi anchor plate 15, the lower endof the -fOrme'r' is passed or extended through the keeper slot 16 ofthejla'tter, the notch 17 of thebarmember lOstraddling one marginal sidepla'te, in the manner indicated by the dotted re resentati ons of thebar-member shown in said F igure. 6. of the drawings.

Suitably afiixed to the upper end portion of the, drawer holdingsection8 of the trunk,

and? in vertical alinement with the aforesaidanchor plate. 15,, is ameans with which the upper end of the extension member 171, which isconnectedv with said bar-member 10,1nay beinterlocked. This meanscomprises a keeper lug 19, the rear end portion 20 f hi S. s ured bysuitable means to the body of-the trunk end. Said keeper lug 19,-

is. preferably downwardly oif-set from the "planeof the under side ofthe trunk end 30,,

wall, and isdisposed to. project outwardly beyondthe outer face plane ofthe drawers 9, when the latter are in closed position. Secured in aimedrelation toor with the rear.

- end portion 20 of saidkeeper lug 19 is the rear end portion 21 of astriker plate 22. Said striker plate 22 is downwardly spaced from thekeeper lug l9, and is provided in its free end; portion with a latchreceiving slot or socket 23. As shown in the draw ings, the front wallof the upper drawer of the tier-0f drawers: 9- is; provided with'anopening 24 through which said keeper lug 19Jand striker. plate 22 mayproject, when said-drawer is closed, so as to be, disposed beyond theface plane of said drawer,

The. slidable extension member 11 of the drawer locking bar is provided,at its upper extremity, withan inwardly turnedportion or-lip 2 5.Secured to the inner side of said extension member 11 is alockingmechanism 2Q-having a key barrel 27 projecting through the, body of saidextension member 11 so. as, to-be accessible at the front, face of thelat ter. Said locking mechanism 26 includes an upwardly projectingbeveled spring bolt or latch 28. Also secured tov said extension mfimber11 so as to project from its outer face, is a knob or finger piece 29,bymeans of which saidextension member may be manipulated.

When the drawers 9 are closed into the trunk, section 8 and it isdesired to apply the locking bar for the purpose of locking the drawersagainst displacement or removal, the lower end of the bar-member iscoupledfwith the anchor plate in the graspe by the operator, and anupward sliding movement is imparted to saidiextena,

sionnember, whereby the same is lifted. until the lip thereof abuts oris stopped against the keeperlug 19, thus bringing thev beveled face ofthe spring bolt or latch 28.

opposite the end ofthe striker plate. 22. Such positioning ofthe parts:having been attained, the operator thereuponpresses 11 ar y ag t t faeof t e e nsion.

m er, th reby. sp nging e bol 01: a ch.

28 bene h h strik r pl 2 un il he same is registered with and upwardlysprung into the latch receiving slot or socket 23, thus completing theoperative looked engagement of the upper'end. of the locking. bar withthe trunk section. Intermediate the upperand lower ends of, the trunksection 8 there may be provided a. hook -like,"

retaining lug 30, beneath which the bar member l0.v is engaged when thesame is.

swung to operative perpendic lar position; This retamlng lug 30 may besuitably se cured'to a stationary part 'offthe: trunk section, as, e.g., an intermediate drawer slide or rest. .The retaining lug 30 serves,to prevent outward forcing, by'beiltli lg,v Qf'the bar-member '10, whenthe locking bar is in operative locked position. locking bar to, releasethe drawers; 9, a proper keyrmust be inserted in the key- To: remove thebarrel 27 and manipulated to retract the spring bolt or latch 28,whereupon the up er end. of the locking bar may be "released, and byreversingthe above described operations entirely detached. from thetrulik. section 8.

From the above "description, it. will be" quite apparent that thisinvention provides a very strong and easily manipulatedlock:

ing bar for the drawer holding section of;

wardrobe trunks, provided witha novel and simple means for interlockingthe same in operative position, and :thnssecurelfy h ld aga nstunauthorized removal, except by the,

application thereto of a proper. key.-

I am aware that some changes may be made in the various device'sandparts, as

well asin; the details of the construction of;

the same, without departing from the scope of this invention asdescribed-in the .fQre-f going specification, and as, defined. in the.Hence, I do not limit appended claims. this invention to the exact:arrangements and.

combinations of the devices and parts as set forth in the foregoingspecification, nor, do

I confine myself to the exact details of the construction of'said partsas illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

I claim i Z 1; In a wardrobe trunk, one member of I o, which constitutesa drawer holding section provided with removable drawers, a detach ablelocking bar for extension across the outer faces-of said drawers, afixed anchor plate connected with the lower end wall of said trunksection, said anchor plate having a transverse slot of a width lessthan-the width of said locking bar, said locking bar' having a laterallyindented notch in one side thereof adjacent to its lower extremitywhereby said extremity may be hooked through' the slot of saidanchorplate and thus be anchored against displacement when said lockingbar is swung to operative vertical position across said drawers, anextenslblemember slidably connected with the upper free end ofsaidlocking bar, a key-on trolled spring latch mechanism carried at theupper free end of said extensible member, and means in fixedc'onnectionwith the upper end wall of said trunk section with which said latchmechanism may be interlocked, said latter means comprising an outwardlyprojecting striker'plate having a socket'to'receivesaid spring latch,and a keeper plate spaced above and overhanging said striker plate withwhich the upper ex tremity of said extensible member may be Eat) 'brought into stopped engagement. to properly position said spring latchrelative "to said striker plate. 1 j a p 2. In a wardrobe trunk,v onemember of which constitutes a drawer holding section provided withremovable drawers, a lockingbar to extendacross the outer faces of saiddrawers, means for detachably coupling. the

lower end of said bar with the lower wall of said trunk section, anextensible member telescopically slidable on the upper end of said bar,an outwardly projecting striker plate fixed to the upper wall of saidtrunk sections having its free end portion downwardlyv off-set from theplane of said upper wall, said free end portion having a'socket,

a key-controlled springlatch mechanism carried on the upper end portionof said exoperative locked position I sf tensible member wherebyoperation said latchmechanism may spring upwardly into said strikerplate socket to retain said locking bar against outward, displacement,and a transverse rearwardly projecting lip at v the upper extremityofsaid extensiblemem ber adapted in operationto engage over the uppersurface of said striker-plate to'hold said extensible member and itslatch mechanism against downward displacement from 3. In a wardrobetrunk, one member of provided with removable drawers, a lockingba'rto-extend across the outer faces of said drawers, means fordetachably coupling the lower end of said bar with the lower Wallv ofsaid trunk section, an extensible member telescopically slidable on theupper'end of said bar, an outwardly projecting striker plate fixed tothe upper wall of said trunk section having its free end portiondownwardly ofi-set from the plane of said upper wall, said'free endportion havinga socket, a key-controlled spring latch mechanism carriedon the upper end portion of said 'ex-,

tensible member whereby in operation said latch mechanism may springupwardly into saidstriker plate socket to retain said looking baragainst outward'displacement, and

which constitutes. a drawer holdingsection I atransverse'rearward'projectinglip fat-the upper extremity of saidextensible member adapted inoperation to engage overthe up ipersurfaceof said-- striker-plate to hold said extensible member and itslatch mechanism against downward displacement from operative lockedposition, and a keeper plate also fixed to the upper wall of said trunk7 section wits its free. end projecting outward- 1y beyond and abovesaid striker plate, said keeper plate being .engageable by the ex this14th day ofFebruary, 1925.

HYMAN RAUCHBACH.

